A neurosurgeon who investigated the death of Leeds student David Nash has said he probably would have survived if he had been told to go to hospital sooner, an inquest has heard.
Simon Howarth conducted the inquiry into the death of the 26-year-old musician and law student David Nash. He was taken to hospital following four phone consultations with a Leeds GP practice over a 19-day-period in October and November 2020 followed by five phone calls to NHS 111.
A coroner in Wakefield heard a GP expert conclude that the advanced nurse practitioner from the Burley Park Medical Practice, in Leeds, who spoke to Mr Nash on November 2, should have ordered an urgent face-to-face appointment. It is likely this would have led to a hospital admission ten hours earlier than when he was admitted in reality.
